M&A Deal Summary

Sullivan Brothers Family of Companies Acquires Cotton Holdings

On October 28, 2025, Sullivan Brothers Family of Companies acquired construction company Cotton Holdings from Sun Capital Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Sullivan Brothers Family of Companies’ 1st transaction in the Construction sector.
  • This is Sullivan Brothers Family of Companies’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Sullivan Brothers Family of Companies’ 1st transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-10-28
Target Cotton Holdings
Sector Construction
Buyer(s) Sullivan Brothers Family of Companies
Sellers(s) Sun Capital Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Cotton Holdings

Houston, Texas, United States
Cotton Holdings is an infrastructure support services company for public and private entities throughout the United States and internationally. Cotton provides property restoration and recovery, construction, roofing, consulting, temporary workforce housing, and culinary services to public and private entities worldwide. Cotton Holdings was founded in 1996 and is based in Houston, Texas.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Sullivan Brothers Family of Companies

Galveston, Texas, United States

Category Company
Sector Business Services
DESCRIPTION

Sullivan Brothers Family of Companies delivers a wide range of environmental remediation, disaster recovery, health, construction, infrastructure, and industrial services. Sullivan Brothers Family of Companies is based in Galveston, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Construction M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Texas M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Sun Capital Partners

Boca Raton, Florida, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1995
PE ASSETS 13.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Sun Capital's corporate headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida.
Sun Capital's corporate headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida.

Sun Capital Partners is a large private equity firm focused on leveraged buyouts, equity, debt, and other control investments in North America, Asia, and Europe. Sun looks for businesses that can benefit from the Firm's operating experience including underperformers, turnarounds, and special situations. Target companies typically have $50 million to $1 billion in revenue with strong market positions. Sectors of interest include paper and packaging, food and beverages, metals and mining, automotive after-market parts, consumer products, financial services, healthcare, media and communications, building products, telecommunications, technology, retailing and catalogs, restaurants, manufacturing and industrial. Sun Capital was formed in 1995 and is based in Boca Raton, Florida.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 131 of 131
Sector: Construction M&A 3 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 55 of 55
State: Texas M&A 7 of 7
Country: United States M&A 90 of 90
Year: 2025 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-08-04 WesCom Signal and Rescue

Derbyshire, United Kingdom

WesCom Signal and Rescue is a manufacturer and supplier of SOLAS, MED and USCG approved pyrotechnic marine distress signals to the commercial and leisure marine markets. WesCom Signal and Rescue is based in Derbyshire, United Kingdom.

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